Al-Shabab extremists deny contact with Somalia’s government
The Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group has denied having contact with the Somali government after the country's deputy defense minister claimed that the extremists had for...
Month: January 2023
US air strikes in Somalia up 30 percent in 2022
US air strikes in Somalia increased 30 percent in 2022, as the Biden administration increased US involvement in the Horn of Africa country that is...
Somalia’s fight against Al Shabaab
They often go unnamed. Across Somalia, they are called “those boys”, “small, small kids”, “AS”, or even “Arsenal”. Somalis are aware that the group has...
Pakistan fighting terror at two fronts against banned outfit TTP and Taliban
The volatile Afghanistan-Pakistan region is again the global hub of terrorism after the revocation of the peace deal by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Taliban taking...
Six wanted over death of Irish peacekeeper in Lebanon
Lebanese security services are still searching for six people wanted over an attack that led to the death of an Irish peacekeeper in December, a...
Islamic State says jihadis killed 2 in attack on Nigerian church
The Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility for an attack on a Nigerian church during worship service that killed two guards and injured three members.
Sri Lankan Gemstone Company Funded Al-Qaeda Support Network
A Sri Lankan gemstone company that was key to sanctioned terrorist facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib's revenue generation in support of Al-Qaeda, continued doing business after...
Are al-Qaeda’s 2022 Activities a Harbinger of the Terror Group’s Resurgence?
Attacks by jihadist terrorist groups continued in 2022 and showed no signs of abating. ISIS-Core in Syria and Iraq and its affiliates in Asia, the...
2 men held for suspected ISIS links raised funds to send to Syria
On 7th January 2023, the Special Task Force of the Kolkata police arrested two men with suspected ISIS links. The arrests took place at the...
Terror trial set to begin for suspect in NYC truck attack that killed 8
The first federal death penalty trial of the Biden administration opens Monday in New York City, where Sayfullo Saipov is charged with the 2017 killings...
Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp
A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the Islamic State group and had a child with one...
Iranian arrested over plot to commit Islamist-motivated attack in Germany
German police have taken into custody a 32-year-old Iranian citizen suspected of having procured deadly poisons cyanide and ricin to commit an "Islamist-motivated" attack, authorities...